“Were you to read the British press today, you would learn that the Bri...” — Robert Trout Quote

“Were you to read the British press today, you would learn that the British Empire never forgets its defeats.”

“The level of potential physical productivity of a society depends on both the development of the intellect of its members, and a minimal standard of both demographic characteristics and of consumption.”

“We fear doing too little when we should do more. Then atone by doing too much, when perhaps we should do less.”

“Margaret Thatcher inherited a country in transition. The British Empire was still a considerable entity well into the 20th century.”

“I received an OBE from the Queen, which probably doesn't mean anything in America but is quite nice in England - the Order of the British Empire for services to drama.”

“Some Americans are under the grossly mistaken impression that because we violently and triumphantly unyoked ourselves from the British Empire oh so many years ago, we are under some sort of informal directive to spurn the traditions and hoopla of the royal family.”